Decision 77/59

Following the report of the convenor of the contact group, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To hold a four-day special meeting early in 2017 to address matters related to the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol arising from decision XXVIII/2 of the Meeting of the Parties, and potential additional contributions to the Multilateral Fund;
2. To request the Secretariat to prepare a document containing preliminary information in response to the elements in decision XXVIII/2 of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties that requested the Executive Committee to take action, and addressing the following issues:
   1. Available information on HFC consumption and production, as well as on HFC-23 by‑product, including from surveys of ODS alternatives funded by the Multilateral Fund and other sources;
   2. The enabling activities required to assist Article 5 countries in commencing their reporting and regulatory activities in relation to the HFC-control measures;
   3. Key aspects related to HFC-23 by-product-control technologies;
   4. Identification of the issues that the Executive Committee might want to consider in relation to existing HCFC phase-out activities;
   5. Information relevant to the development of the cost guidelines requested from the Executive Committee;
3. To invite Executive Committee members of the 77^th meeting to share relevant information with the Secretariat on, but not limited to, the elements listed in sub-paragraphs (b)(i) to (v) above, no later than 31 January 2017 on an exceptional basis owing to the limited time until the end of 2016;
4. With respect to the intended US $27 million fast-start contributions in 2017 from some of the non-Article 5 Parties:
   1. To accept, with appreciation, the additional contributions announced by a number of non-Article 5 Parties to provide fast-start support for implementation of the Kigali Amendment, noting that such funding was one-time in nature and would not displace donor contributions;
   2. That the additional contributions mentioned in sub-paragraph (d)(i) above should be made available for Article 5 countries that had an HFC consumption baseline year between 2020 and 2022 and that had formally indicated their intent to ratify the Kigali Amendment and take on early HFC phase-down obligations in order to support their enabling activities, such as capacity building and training in handling HFC alternatives, Article 4B licensing, reporting, and project preparation activities, taking into account, but not restricted to, relevant guidelines and decisions of the Executive Committee;
   3. To request the Secretariat to develop a document describing possible procedures for countries identified in sub-paragraph (d)(ii) above in accessing the additional fast-start contributions for enabling activities;
   4. That the Treasurer would communicate with contributing non-Article 5 countries on procedures for making the additional contributions available to the Multilateral Fund for the purpose of early action in respect of the Kigali Amendment;
   5. That the Secretariat would report to the Executive Committee on the additional fast‑start contributions received separately from the pledged contributions to the Multilateral Fund; and
5. To request the Secretariat to prepare an agenda for the special meeting referred to in sub‑paragraph (a) above based on the issues identified in sub-paragraphs (b) to (d) above.